Guest Essay: Common Core means higher standards

4:45 PM,
Oct. 22, 2013

Ursula Burns Photo Credits to: Lonnie C. Major

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Ursula Burns
Guest essayist

New York state Education Commissioner John King encountered so much shouting and name-calling at a recent forum in Poughkeepsie that he canceled four more sessions planned across New York. The topic that aroused so much anger: the Common Core curriculum.

Common Core is a new set of standards developed nationally and adopted by 45 states so far. Its purpose is to identify and state clearly what skills students are expected to learn at every educational stage, so that teachers and parents can better prepare them for college and careers.